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Famous people · Les Cèdres, Quebec

From 1822 to 2007, Les Cèdres was the birthplace of 3 famous people

At the top of the list is the Canadian politician Dominique-Amable Coutlée, covered in one language. Mathieu Quesnel is second and Xavier Villeneuve third. For more famous names, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is 8 km away: its list has 80, led by Jean-Luc Brassard. The list’s best known name, Dominique-Amable Coutlée, dates from 1822.

#2 best knownMathieu QuesnelWriting & Arts · born 1981
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Dominique-Amable Coutlée
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1822
Dominique-Amable Coutlée
Youngest
2007
Xavier Villeneuve
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known

Born in Les Cèdres

By how many languages cover them, Dominique-Amable Coutlée comes first (1), then Mathieu Quesnel (1) and Xavier Villeneuve (1).

DC#1
Politics & Law

Dominique-Amable Coutlée

1822–1882

Canadian politician

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Mathieu Quesnel#2
Writing & Arts

Mathieu Quesnel

born 1981

Playwright working in Quebec

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
XV#3
Sports

Xavier Villeneuve

born 2007

Canadian ice hockey player

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Known for

What Les Cèdres is known for

The largest field is Politics & Law, with 1 people.

The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.

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Questions about famous people from Les Cèdres

Who is the most famous person from Les Cèdres?

By our measure the best known is Dominique-Amable Coutlée (Canadian politician); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Mathieu Quesnel and Xavier Villeneuve.

How many famous people were born in Les Cèdres?

Wikidata has 9 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.

What is Les Cèdres known for?

Here the share is 33%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Les Cèdres?

Dominique-Amable Coutlée, from 1822; the most recent birth on the list is from 2007.

Who counts as from Les Cèdres?

The list takes people born within Les Cèdres’ municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known for crimes.

Why is someone missing?

The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.

Birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations and the count of Wikipedia and sister-site articles come from Wikidata (CC0). Each birthplace is checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article, or the French one where English says nothing or has no article; the articles are linked, never quoted. Wikidata’s Statistics Canada code, the place’s name or its point inside the 2021 census outline puts a birth in a town, and a birth given only as a split city stays on that city’s page. Fields are read from the description and occupations, and the list runs by number of articles. “The usual town” is everyone listed across Canadian towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (5)

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).